Airline News

23-years-ago today, on Tuesday, September 14, 1999, a seven-year-old Britannia Airways Boeing 757-200 with the registration G-BYAG crashed in a thunderstorm at Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO). Of the 236 passengers and nine crew, there was only a single fatality. Read More Here: The Britannia Airways Boeing 757 That Broke Apart On Landing 23 Years Ago […]

An Air India Express flight has been evacuated via slides after a fire broke out in one of its engines. The Boeing 737 was operating as IX-442 between Muscat and Cochin when the incident occurred. All passengers were safely evacuated at Muscat International Airport and nobody was injured as a result of the incident. Read

From NDTV: An Air India Express flight IX 442bound for Kochi was evacuated at Muscat airport today after fire was detected in one of the engines just before take-off. The 145 passengers on board, four of them infants, were evacuated from the aircraft and shifted to the terminal building. All the passengers are safe and

The B777-200LR has never been popular. While Air Canada has six in passenger configuration, making it among the world's larger users, it's one of only a few airlines to use the type commercially. Nowadays, the equipment is, in many ways, an anomaly. Read More Here: How Air Canada Uses Its Boeing 777-200LRs | SimpleFlying.com via

Turkish Airlines is among the world's best-connected carriers today, using its location at the boundary of Europe and Asia to bring the two markets together. It does so with a diverse fleet of both Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and its relationship with the latter dates back around half a century. During this time, one of

Qantas has inaugurated its long-awaited nonstop service from Sydney to the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. It took off on September 14th and is en route to India as this article is written. Driven by good passenger numbers, its new IndiGo codeshare, and fast-growing India-Australia traffic, Bengaluru joins Delhi in seeing Qantas metal. Read More

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week, the UK is gearing up for her funeral on Monday. With the coffin having been flown down from Edinburgh to London yesterday, this afternoon will see it undertake a ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, with air traffic being impacted as a result. Read

India's low-cost airline Go First faced a breach of its Twitter account on Wednesday morning. Social media users were quick to notice that the airline's Twitter name, profile image, and bio had all been changed. The airline has acknowledged that its account has been compromised in what is the second of such incidents this year.

Tailwind Air made this announcement: For reasons beyond the company’s control, Tailwind Air is delaying its new Washington DC area to Manhattan seaplane service by at least two weeks while seeking  approval to serve from an alternate airport in the capital region. “Our original intent was to launch from College Park Airport September 13th and